A full moon shined the background of a lovely evening at the Hollywood Bowl that starred The National with Neko Case (with T Bone Burnett) and Sharon Van Etten. The National had some help on vocals…   Read Story »

The National's latest slice of sublime mopery, titled "Exile, Vilify," came as a soundtrack to the video game Portal 2. Developers Valve Software held a fan-video contest to come up on an official…   Read Story »

Zach Condon joined the National for a performance of "Fake Empire" at the Paleo festival in Nyon, Switzerland last week (7/19). Here's some professional looking footage of the moment: (Via…   Read Story »

During a trip to WNYC's Soundcheck in anticipation of his Age Of Adz shows at Prospect Park, Sufjan Stevens performed "Pleasure Principle," the final pretty bit of 25-minute Adz closer "Impossible…   Read Story »

Even without the above headline you'd recognize the voice on "Fire To The Ground," a track from the Forms' Derealization EP, a collection that revisits and revamps material from the band's first two…   Read Story »

How did you celebrate July 4th? On a rooftop BBQ listening to our summer mix? Maybe you stayed in and watched old episodes of Hoarders on Roku? Maybe I stayed in and did that. There is no way to…   Read Story »

Mumford & Sons continue to enjoy astonishing chart success (over 1MM copies of Sigh No More pushed), alongside an interesting penchant for contemporary indie band covers. (Clearly they'd like your…   Read Story »

The New York Post visited The National's Aaron Dessner at his home in the Ditmas Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. He lives in a 2,800-square-foot, three-story, two-family Victorian, which he bought for…   Read Story »

Last week video surfaced of passionate (ostensibly ecstasy-friendly) National fans dry humping to "Bloodbuzz Ohio" at Coachella. The moment was captured by Eric Wareheim, who eventually turns the…   Read Story »

This National track comes from the videogame Portal 2's soundtrack. (Thanks for the tip, Christian.) According to a spokesperson from the band's publishing label, Matt Berninger & Co.'s "raw and…   Read Story »